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to have vacated his office, and the Governor shall declare the
same vacant, and the vacancy therein shall be filled as in case
of vacancy for any other cause, and such officer shall be sub-
ject to suit by the State for the amount that ought to be paid
into the Treasury; and no person holding any office created by
or existing under this Constitution or Laws of the State, or
holding any appointment under any Court in this State, shall
receive more than three thousand dollars a year as a compensa-
tion for the discharge of his official duties, except in cases
specially provided in this Constitution.

Banks v. State, 60 Md. 305. Goldsborough v. Lloyd, 86 Md. 376. Vansant
v. State, 96 Md. 127.

Sec. 2. The several Courts existing in this State at the time
of the adoption of this Constitution shall, until superseded
under its provisions, continue with like powers and jurisdiction,
and in the exercise thereof, both at Law and in Equity, in all
respects, as if this Constitution had not been adopted; and
when said Courts shall be so superseded, all causes then
depending in said Courts shall pass into the jurisdiction of the
several Courts, by which they may be respectively superseded.

Sec. 3. The Governor and all officers, civil and military, now
holding office under this State, whether by election or appoint-
ment, shall continue to hold, exercise and discharge the duties
of their offices (unless inconsistent with or otherwise provided
in this Constitution), until they shall be superseded under its
provisions, and until their successors shall be duly qualified.

Smith & Davis v. Thursby, 28 Md. 244. Robb v Carter, 65 Md. 321.
Archer v. State, 74 Md. 410.

Sec. 4. If at any election directed by this Constitution, any
two or more candidates shall have the highest and an equal
number of votes, a new election shall be ordered by the Gover-
nor, except in cases specially provided for by this Constitution.

Sec. 5. In the trial of all criminal cases, the jury shall be
the Judges of Law, as well as of fact.

Franklin v. State, 12 Md 236. Phipps v. State, 22 Md. 380. League v.
State, 36 Md. 257. Wheeler v. State, 42 Md. 563 Broll v. State, 45 Md.
356 Beard v. State, 71 Md. 275

Sec. 6. The right of trial by Jury of all issues of fact in
civil proceedings in the several Courts of Law in this State,
where the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of five
dollars, shall be inviolably preserved.